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Date:      10 Nov 1999 08:21:49 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Group problems
Message-ID:  <rd6n1smh47m.fsf@world.std.com>
In-Reply-To: Mark Ovens's message of Tue, 9 Nov 1999 23:10:30 %2B0000
References:  <99110818305400.00416@machine.beastie.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081025190.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> <19991109231030.A980@marder-1>

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Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> writes:

> Hmm, didn't know that. Why, though? reboot(8) can't be run as a
> normal user and the only difference I can see between the two is
> that shutdown(8) broadcasts a "System going down" warning. Is this
> just an historical thing or is there a more subtle reason?

shutdown has several extra features: it allows you to schedule the
reboot for a point in the future, it writes those warnings to users'
terminals, and it tries to get init to shut down other processes before
it actually stops it.  The last one is a good enough reason to *always*
use shutdown in multiuser mode unless you have a good reason not to.

Be well.


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